Colorado § 23-71-123 - Duties of board of trustees - degrees.

§ 23-71-123. Duties of board of trustees - degrees.

(1) It is the duty of the board of trustees to determine financial and educational policies and provide for the proper execution of such by selecting competent administrators, instructors, and other personnel for the administration, operation, and maintenance of the institution, to prepare and adopt a budget pursuant to part 1 of article 44 of title 22, C.R.S., to fix tuition and fee rates, to accept gifts, to purchase, hold, sell, or rent property and equipment, to promote the general welfare of the institution for the best interests of education and the local college district, and, pursuant to contract and any other applicable provisions of law, to discharge or otherwise terminate the employment of any personnel.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, if Colorado Northwestern community college is accepted into the state system pursuant to section 23-71-207, the duties of the Rangely junior college district board of trustees shall be limited to those specified in section 23-71-207 (3)(a)(VII).

(3) A local district college may offer a two-year degree program with or without academic designation. Before a local district college offers a two-year degree program with academic designation, as authorized by this subsection (3), the local district college shall determine the program designation for the degree. The local district college shall then submit the degree program designation to the board of trustees for its review and approval. The local district college may offer the degree program only after it has been approved by the board of trustees and by the Colorado commission on higher education. The local district college shall exclusively use the degree program designation name in official publications, course catalogs, diplomas, and official transcripts.

Source: L. 75: Entire article added, p. 758, § 1, effective July 1. L. 86: Entire section amended, p. 853, § 24, effective July 1. L. 98: Entire section amended, p. 902, § 5, effective May 26. L. 2010: (3) added, (SB 10-088), ch. 154, p. 531, § 4, effective August 11.

ANNOTATION

Statute does not confer a private right of action. It contains no indicia of legislative intent to create a private right of action as it does not mention a duty to faculty, let alone an implication that such faculty would have recourse if the statute were violated. Rather, it lays out the powers and duties of the board of trustees in a local college district. Sigstedt v. Colo. Mt. Local College Dist., 550 F. Supp. 3d 928 (D. Colo. 2021).